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Banana Bread
Servings
1
Loaf
Author
Natalie Gregory
Ingredients
1 ½
cups
flour
½
teaspoon
baking soda
½
teaspoon
table salt
1 ½
cups
mashed bananas - about 3 medium bananas
1
stick unsalted butter
softened
1
tablespoon
sugar
for coating pan
1
cup
sugar
2
large eggs
2
teaspoons
vanilla
1
teaspoon
sugar
½
cup
walnuts
chopped - optional
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan. Coat the inside with 1 tablespoon sugar.
Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream the butter and the sugar for 3 minutes.
Add the eggs and mix until combined.
Then add in the vanilla and the mashed bananas and mix until combined.
Add in flour mixture and stir until just combined.
If using, stir in nuts.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle the top of the batter evenly with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes.
Let rest in pan for ten minutes then remove from pan onto rack to cool. The outside will become crunchy.
Slice and serve.
Notes
You can double the recipe to make a cake. Enjoy!